A NATAL CHART DELINEATED PART 2
A
Gemini Moon touches lightly on the emotions, and prefers the ideas around the
emotions rather than the feelings themselves. In the cadent, “lost,”
12th House there is also a tendency to “remove” oneself as a
defensive strategy.
In Gemini
the Moon may direct Robert toward shallow communications when things get
difficult. He might take refuge in gossiping about his co-workers, adamantly
staying away from any topic of depth. Moon in Gemini can be fickle in its
efforts to stay on top of everything going on. It is conceivable that Robert
leaves people feeling they can’t trust what he says. Thus the best characteristics of his Cancer Ascendant---concern for and sensitivity
toward others---would be thwarted.
The natal Moon phase is
Last Quarter, a thin sliver waning toward conjunction with the Sun. On the
horizon, the Moon-ruled sign floods Robert’s impressions. The chart itself is
nocturnal and the Moon is rising at birth into the boundlessness of the night
sky.
The picture is already expressing an impression of wet darkness.
Adding to this impression is the complete planetary lack of the element of Fire;
the imbalance of Sun and Moon is in evidence here, too.
Technically the Moon is Void-of-Course, making no applying aspects before
leaving its sign. However, because of the other powerful Sun/Moon statements
being made, the separating Sun/Moon square is considered to be still fully
operational.
Ancient astrology considers the Moon to make
the stronger statement in a nocturnal chart.
[7]
Robert Hand contends, “A strong Moon of this kind indicates an
individual who succeeds by embodying the aspirations of others and serving their
needs.”
[8]
In his job he does serve, this suits his Virgo Sun’s directive and
provides an outlet for the lunar energy too. But it is with his co-workers that
the humility of his core Self becomes skewed.
In Robert’s chart the Sun
is in earthy Virgo and angular. A Virgo Sun lacks dignity and thus offers no
particular strength in this sign, but its angularity and close aspects to all of
the angles signals its importance in Robert’s life.
His core Self provides Robert with an analytical mind, discriminating judgement, and
a desire to be helpful and of use. Ruled by equitable Mercury in Libra, it is no
surprise he is successful in the customer service side of his work. Mercury also
rules the Moon, and with two mutable, intellectual Lights at work, Robert’s mind
is the boss here.
A challenging aspect between the Sun and Moon
is considered to be a sign of poor relations between Mother and Father at birth.
[9]
From our Mothers and Fathers we learn our relating skills.
We are given a
certain perspective on how people act with one another, depending on which
parent we identify with at any given time. When stressed Robert’s Moon is under
the sway of its ruler Mercury, and the large-orbed separating trine connecting
these two planets blends emotions and intellect further.
The separating square from Mercury to Mars can
be bluntly summed up as, “when I’m mad I won’t listen.”
[10]
When Robert gets angry, he stops listening and instead will focus his thoughts
elsewhere. This might take the form of fantasy---Mars in the 12th
House of matters that are hidden, [11]
trine Venus conjunct
This suggests that Robert’s mother had a powerful influence on his intellect
and how to use it. With a Gemini Moon ruling, Mars (as the expressor of anger)
would incline toward coming through Robert’s mind. From the mind it would make
itself known through body language or petty criticisms via the Mercury’s rule of
the Virgo Sun opposition MC. Mars is in a relatively poor condition and this
sours its clean expression.
The
12th House represents an area of life that we find closed to our understanding. In Modern
astrology
Classically, planets within it are subject to all manner of unfortunate
associations
[12] not the least being that these same planets participate in creating our
secret enemies and own self-undoing. With his Mars in Fall
[13] and wide open to the confusing energies of
Neptune
via their free-flowing trine, it is imperative that Robert learns to assert himself cleanly. The
current problems he is having with his co-workers might be just the tip of the
iceberg.
Mars is leant prominence by lying within a
Gauquelin sector
[14]. By the ancient’s way of thinking, Mars is also tempered by the cooling
of a water sign and being placed above the horizon in a nocturnal
chart.
[15]
It is therefore not an explosive Mars, but one
that drips maddeningly in the background, drop…by…drop.
Through
its rulership of the interception of Aries in the 10th House of vocation, this “weak” Mars will certainly
make its presence felt to Robert throughout his career. Specifically, it will
show in how he communicates himself in that area. An intercepted sign and its
qualities can be hard to access, almost as if they have been “swallowed” into
the house in which it lies.
Ruled by the already unconscious 12th House Mars, he is likely unaware of his self-centred
actions and how they affect his co-workers. Robert needs outside help to
illuminate the best parts of the energies available to him. It has been said
that interceptions contain lessons not yet learned,
[16]
in which case there is certainly opportunity for Robert to rectify this, through
consciously seeking out an appropriate mentor from within the business
community.
If the forthright energies of Aries are sublimated in the interception, how does the martial
energy manifest through the trine to the MC? The danger is in the Mars working
against Robert’s own good, perhaps secretly plotting to gain any advantage over
others.
Robert may imagine all sorts of hurts and slights.
However Mars expresses itself in the 10th House, it will come
out whether Robert knows it or not. From his phrasing of his problem, it seems
likely that he is somewhat aware of his own actions having something to do with
the hostility created by the force of his ambitions.
Pluto
in the 3rd House of everyday communications forms an opposition to
Jupiter, co-ruler of the MC and ruler of the 6th House of the work
environment. Here, ruthlessness can creep into Robert’s mode of expression at
work. The planet of power negatively expresses through “wilful manipulation of
others to serve one’s own ends; ruthlessly using any means to avoid the pain of
facing one’s self…” [17]
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